Melanie Neef (born 26 May 1970) is a British former track and field sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres.

[1][2] Born in Scotland to German footballer Gerhardt Neef, who was playing for Rangers F.C.,[3] she became involved in athletics with the City of Glasgow club.

[4] Her first international medal came at the 1991 Summer Universiade where she was runner-up with the British women's 4 × 100 metres relay team.

[4] Neef took an individual silver medal at the 1994 European Cup behind Russia's Svetlana Goncharenko and returned the following year to win gold.

Her last individual international outing was at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics, where she was fourth in her semi-final.